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Tokyo 2020: Joe Choong wins men’s pentathlon gold
Great Britain’s Joe Choong has won the men’s modern pentathlon event. It is GB’s first-ever Olympic medal for the men’s event, and the 20th gold won at Tokyo 2020. The Briton won with a total of 1482 – Egypt’s Ahmed Elgendy burst through the pack to take silver with 1477,...
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Tokyo 2020: Tom Daley wins men’s 10m platform bronze
Tom Daley won bronze in the men’s 10m platform diving event. In an enthralling final, there was a three-way battle for the gold medal. However, the Chinese divers Cao Yuan and Yang Jian were in impressive form, and won the gold and silver respectively with scores of 582.35 and 580.4....
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Tokyo 2020: Galal Yafai wins men’s flyweight boxing gold
Galal Yafai floored opponent Carlo Paalam in a points victory to claim an Olympic gold medal for Team GB in the flyweight final. The Briton defeated the Filipino, sending him toppling to the canvas at the start of the bout and asserting his dominance throughout the match to take the...
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Tokyo 2020 – Day 15: golds for Great Britain in pentathlon and boxing
On the penultimate day of the Tokyo Games, Great Britain saw its gold count hit 20 after success in the pentathlon and the boxing. There were also medals in the diving and cycling, putting the nation in a good place to potentially finish in fourth overall. Galal Yafai floored opponent...
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Tokyo 2020: Matt Walls and Ethan Hayter take madison silver
Team GB cyclists Matt Walls and Ethan Hayter have won the silver medal in the men’s madison event at the Tokyo Olympics. It is Walls’ second medal of the Games, after taking gold in the men’s omnium, and it came shortly after Katie Archibald and Laura Kenny won gold in...
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Lionel Messi: end of an era
After 778 appearances and 672 goals, just like that, it was over. With one short statement on Thursday evening, Barcelona announced that their best ever player, and the best of all time, had left the club. This announcement was out of the blue. Only a couple of months ago, it...
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Explaining Iran’s presidential election result
Yesterday, Iran's new president took office. Edouard Johnson looks at the recent Iranian presidential election that saw victory for Ebrahim Raisi in the continuation of our Global Election Series.
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Tokyo 2020: Laura Muir wins 1500m silver
Laura Muir smashed the British record as she won silver in the women’s 1500m. Muir finished the race in a time of 3:54.50, coming behind defending champion Faith Kipyegon of Kenya, while world champion Sifan Hassan took the bronze after a close-fought battle over the final 250m. Kipyegon took the...
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Tokyo 2020: Lauren Price to fight for boxing gold
Team GB’s Lauren Price will fight for a women’s middleweight gold after defeating Dutch opponent Nounchka Fontijn in the semi-final. Price advanced on a split decision to set up a final-round clash with China’s 2018 world champion Li Qian. Fontijn narrowly won the first round, using her height to keep...
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Tokyo 2020: Kate French wins modern pentathlon gold for Great Britain
Kate French has claimed gold in the modern pentathlon after breaking away from the field with a dominant run in the final event. She began the laser run, a 3,200-metre run punctuated by four shooting stages, in fifth place. However, she took the lead during the second running section, surging...
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Tokyo 2020: Laura Kenny and Katie Archibald win madison gold
Laura Kenny became the first British women to win at three Olympic Games after she and Katie Archibald won the madison event gold. The GB cyclists won with a truly dominant performance, taking gold with 78 points. The madison event is typically unpredictable, but Kenny and Archibald were confident through,...
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Tokyo 2020 – Day 14: Laura Kenny makes history, pentathlon gold for Kate French
It was a great day for Team GB’s women as they won seven medals – in the process, Laura Kenny made British history, and Laura Muir ended a near-decade drought for major medals. Kenny became the first British women to win at three Olympic Games after she and Katie Archibald...
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